Chapter 04 Chapter 4
After No. 55 licked the fish food residue on Wen Ming's hand, she wanted to lick the fish food residue on the ground.
Wen Ming grabbed the little mermaid's waist with his clean hand to stop her.
"Housekeeper, clean the mermaid room."
"Ding ding!" A cylindrical machine entered the mermaid room and issued an electronic broadcast.
The housekeeper's chubby body was full of tricks. He stretched out a mechanical arm, swept the ground with fish food residue, and completed the cleaning.
Wen Ming washed his hands at the small sink on the machine: "Enter the mermaid information."
"Ding ding!"
The camera on the round stool was aimed at No. 55, who was full of curiosity, and scanned up and down:
"Entering - this mermaid has been added to the family member list, please enter the name of this mermaid!"
Wen Ming's eyes subconsciously fell on the left ear of the little mermaid.
When he first saw it in the aquarium, there was a label with "55" printed on it, but the second time he saw it, the label disappeared...
Wen Ming's thumb brushed across the ear hole of the little mermaid's left ear: "'Wuwu' is your name?"
No. 55 shook her head uncomfortably and avoided his touch.
It was as if she was saying that she hated this name...
Wen Ming silently repeated "Wuwu" several times, and when he spoke again, it became: "Mumu?"
No. 55's pointed ears twitched, without any special response, but also without obvious resistance.
"Continue to enter the information, the mermaid's name is 'Mumu'."
"Ding!" The family housekeeper indicator light flashed, attracting the little mermaid to reach out and touch the indicator light to play.
"Entry completed. Hello, Mu Mu, welcome to join the family!
The assisted mermaid-raising mode has been turned on. It's time to go to bed, Mu Mu, come and clean your mouth!"
A hole suddenly opened in the middle of the machine, and something that looked like a dried fish appeared.
Fish snacks!
Mu Mu opened his mouth wide and bit the "dried fish". With a "hiss", his mouth was sprayed with cleaning water with a strange taste.
He quickly leaned back, and in panic he did a backward roll in the water, spitting bubbles.
The indicator light of the family manager was flashing again: "Ding! Cleaning is complete..."
"Puh." Wen Ming interrupted its voice broadcast.
Mu Mu is a very temperamental little mermaid, and he would flap his tail even if his head hit the ground.
The housekeeper just provoked it. If he makes another sound, Mu Mu might jump out of the mermaid pool and fight with it...
"Mu Mu?" Wen Ming said to the water surface that was constantly bubbling.
The mermaid pool was quiet for a few seconds, and Mu Mu slowly emerged from the head.
It squinted at the housekeeper with hatred, slapped the water with its tail, and the splashed water splashed all over the surface of the round mound machine.
Mu Mu was satisfied and swam in front of Wen Ming. His innocent expression seemed to say:
It's not my fault, that broken machine sprayed water to bully me first!
Wen Ming's mouth corners showed an unnoticeable arc: "If you don't like this method, you can change to snacks with cleaning effects in the future, okay?"
Snacks!
Mu Mu swam a big circle around the pool: "Ah!"
The housekeeper wiped the floor silently.
"Mumu." Wen Ming added to the little mermaid, "Try not to splash water out of the pool when playing in the water."
Mumu shrank to the edge of the pool and stopped moving...
"It's time to go to bed, dear family members, sweet dreams." The housekeeper indicator light turned to a soft night brightness and left the mermaid room.
Wen Ming also picked up the fish food bag and walked out.
'Mermaids have poor adaptability and will be very noisy after changing to a new environment.'
Wen Ming paused at the door of the mermaid room and looked back worriedly -
the mermaid pool was so quiet that it seemed as if nothing had happened.
"Mumu, good night."
A few small bubbles "gurgled" out of the water...
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Perhaps it was the first time that a human said "good night" to Mumu, so it slept very soundly this time.
Mu Mu opened his eyes and stared at the new environment with comfortable water temperature for a while, then he remembered that he had a new home, a new owner and a new name.
"Ding ding!"
Outside the door, the housekeeper said coldly as if reciting a line: "Good morning, start a new day."
The mermaid room then switched to daytime mode, the circle of small night lights inlaid on the edge of the pool dimmed, and the curtains slid open automatically.
The heavy cloth was opened, and the sunlight slanted in and sprinkled on the water.
Sunlight!
Sunlight that had never been seen in the laboratory!
Mu Mu's face flushed with excitement, and he jumped out of the pool and climbed to the window.
Wen Ming came to feed the mermaid and saw Mu Mu leaning on the windowsill with his fish tail raised, looking like he wanted to "escape from prison."
"Mu Mu."
The shout was a little urgent.
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Mu Mu slid to the ground. Its skin was white and smooth, and its texture was almost transparent under natural light.
It didn't need to "break out of jail", it was already so beautiful that it seemed as if it didn't belong here...
"Ding ding!" The housekeeper detected that the floor of the mermaid room was slippery and passed by Wen Ming.
Wen Ming half-closed his eyelids and casually placed the urgent mermaid bowl on top of the housekeeper.
The cylindrical machine carried the mermaid bowl and began to clean the ground where Mu Mu crawled.
"Mu Mu, come back."
Wen Ming shook the fish food, and the particles made a sound in the packaging bag.
Mu Mu immediately put the sunlight behind his head, jumped back to the mermaid pool, and clung to the edge of the pool waiting for food.
"Oh!"
I'm ready!
It seemed that there was still no mermaid bowl, and Wen Ming grabbed a handful of fish food to feed it.
It was not until he felt the tip of the little mermaid's tongue sliding across his palm that Wen Ming was truly certain:
Mu Mu had not left him.
...
Mermaids have low attack power and are not capable of breaking through doors and windows.
But before Wen Ming left, he gave the housekeeper a command to "report any unusual mermaid movements at any time.
" "Ding ding!"
All day long, the housekeeper's reminder sound kept ringing on the optical computer:
"Report, Mu Mu jumps out of the water again and again, which does not meet any of the "Interpretation of Mermaid Behavior"!
Turn on the emotional scan - it is entertaining itself."
"Warning! Mu Mu is floating motionlessly on the water, which meets the death action of the "Interpretation of Mermaid Behavior".
Turn on the vital signs scan - it is basking in the sun."
"Report, Mu Mu jumped out of the mermaid pool on his own..."
Wen Ming paused as he signed the document.
"It took a bite of the succulent, made a few 'pfft' sounds, spat it out and secretly buried it in the soil of the flowerpot."
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It took Wen Ming several minutes to sign this document.
Special Assistant Xu could not believe that his boss, who was always capable and dignified, was so abnormally efficient today...
"Admiral." Special Assistant Xu asked tentatively, "Is there a problem with the project?"
Wen Ming tapped his fingers on the table: "I don't know what's wrong with the mermaid, my mermaid wants to escape."
"So it's the mermaid's problem..." Special Assistant Xu's face changed suddenly, "Mermaid?" The admiral
raised a mermaid?
What was more incredible to him than "Wen Ming raised a mermaid" was Wen Ming's attitude towards raising a mermaid.
Special Assistant Xu has been working with Wen Ming since the start of Wen's Mermaid Supplies. He has experienced many ups and downs all the way to the present, and has never seen Wen Ming interested in something.
In the eyes of Special Assistant Xu, Wen Ming is a precision instrument covered with human skin.
Go to work, work, go home, the established procedures run mechanically, waiting for death to come...
This emotionless "machine" actually took the initiative to bring up topics other than work! ?
Special Assistant Xu was so shocked that the "corpse spots" of work faded a little.
"The mermaid wants to escape..."
Of course, it was because the admiral had been born and died on the battlefield, and his decisive aura scared the mermaid.
Assistant Xu adjusted his glasses and said in a tactful way:
"Mermaids are very delicate. If they feel uncomfortable, they will refuse to be counseled. They should be carefully cared for."
Wen Ming's finger tapping speed gradually slowed down, thinking...
Assistant Xu found a "Mermaid Breeding Manual" and put it on Wen Ming's desk:
"If you are... interested, you can start with the introductory tutorial."
Wen Ming's hand hovered over the next document, hesitated, and turned to open the "Mermaid Breeding Manual."
Assistant Xu clenched his fists and almost cried with joy.
The boss finally looked a bit "human"...
The first item on the first page of the "Mermaid Breeding Manual":
'Although mermaids' teeth are not sharp enough, they can cause bleeding wounds. They must not be fed directly by hand. They may bite at any time...'
Wen Ming closed the manual.
Assistant Xu looked at Wen Ming and returned to work, and sighed secretly:
"It was just an illusion. How could the admiral be interested in something..."
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'How did you perform in the language test this time? '
'Their rankings fluctuated a lot...Except for No. 55. '
'No. 55's performance in each test was not good, but he always managed to rank in the middle or back and get some fish food. '
'Should I say it's lucky or unlucky? It hasn't tasted the taste of high-quality fish food yet...'
The laboratory feeds the mermaids different levels and amounts of fish food according to their performance.
The mermaid who first understands the commands of human language and responds can eat enough high-quality fish food.
And the mermaid ranked No. 55 can only get low-quality fish food that barely fills her stomach.
Most of the low-quality fish food is composed of aquatic plants that feed on food, which is insufficient in nutrition, so the tails of the mermaids with poor performance in the laboratory are dull.
'The professor has specially emphasized that No. 55 was caught accidentally from the sea, and the focus should be on cultivating, testing, and exploring its abilities. '
'But at present, it really doesn't seem to be anything special... Can't its potential be stimulated by fish food alone? '
'The combination of reward and punishment can achieve the best effect! '
No. 55 looked up in horror, and the experimenter stretched out an electric baton towards it...
'Squeak--'
"Whoosh!"
The blue fish tail in the mermaid pool suddenly struggled, splashing water everywhere.
"Ding!" The housekeeper flashed a red alarm light, "The mermaid's violent behavior was detected, and the mechanical suppression device was automatically turned on."
A pair of mechanical arms extended from the inside of the cylindrical machine.
"Cancel."
The mechanical arms stopped in response, retracted the mechanical arms, and stood by quietly.
"Mu Mu, I'm sorry." Wen Ming held the ointment in his hand, and most of his clothes were wet. "I scared you."
Mu Mu rolled and hit the wall of the pool before stopping, and the gills on the side of his neck opened and closed rapidly.
It quickly touched its ears and found no tag on them.
Great, it was just a nightmare...
Mu Mu poked its head out of the water and locked its sights with Wen Ming at the edge of the pool before it completely relaxed its body.
It was no longer No. 55 in the laboratory of its former owner.
Its name was Mu Mu.
"Mu Mu." Wen Ming felt that the little mermaid was in a strange state, "Come here, your tail needs medicine."
Mu Mu pretended not to understand and shrank into the corner.
The family housekeeper's camera scanned left and right: "Automatically search for 'What to do if a mermaid is disobedient' for you. The answer with the most likes is as follows——
Reward and punishment should be combined to achieve the best effect!"
"!?"
Hearing the familiar words, Mumu felt as if he had been shocked by an electric baton again, and his tail was painful and numb.
He rushed to the edge of the pool.
"Try not to splash water out of the pool when playing in the water."
Mumu was about to splash water when he suddenly changed his action and bared his teeth at the housekeeper, saying fiercely:
"Aoao Buwu!"
I know you are a spy sent by the previous owner! Get off the master's machine!